Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore says the letter from City Council President Ed Zastawny shows the council must be concerned about the issues in his lawsuit.

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The Jeffersonville (Ind.) City Council's president is calling on Mayor Mike Moore to drop his lawsuit against the council as "a needless waste of taxpayer dollars."

"Costly taxpayer lawsuits between these two branches of government should be the option of last resort," council President Ed Zastawny wrote in an email to The Courier-Journal this week.

Moore said in an interview Thursday that Zastawny's letter shows the City Council "must be a little concerned" about the issues raised in the lawsuit, which he said will be decided by a special judge from outside Clark County. ...